Ladies and Gentlemen,
READ THIS DOCUMENT IN FULL, FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS PRECISELY AND COMPLETE THE REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME PROVIDED!
Each of you needs to complete a Marine Select survey, after which you will report to your Marine Mentor to confirm and review the information submitted. This survey will be converted to a spreadsheet which I will use for recall purpose, to pass information and, most importantly, to get you commissioned into the Marine Corps. This document must be completed no later than 04 DEC 2015. I understand this information is privacy sensitive and will be treated as such; however, it is absolutely necessary in order to get you commissioned. If you would prefer to come see me personally to input the data, please stop by my office prior to the due date. You will receive this survey on 23 Nov 2015. Fill out the survey as soon as possible and click ‘submit’. Note that some of the information on this survey will be pre-entered and is not editable. If any of the pre-entered information is incorrect, you will need to let your Marine mentor know since this means that your data is entered incorrectly in the USNA database. Once you have completed the survey, check the box at the bottom of the page and hit submit. If you are not finished entering data but need to close the survey to gather information, simply hit submit without checking the box at the bottom (this will save your current progress). After you check the box at the bottom, make an appointment to sit down with your Marine mentor, at which time you will log in to your survey and review the data. Once your mentor is satisfied, they will write “Mentor review complete” in the mentor comments block at the bottom of the survey. Again, both requirements need to happen by 04 DEC 2015.
In addition to the survey, you must complete several required personal documents listed below and provided as PDF/Word documents at the following link: http://www.usna.edu/USMC/Commissioning_Documents.php. All personal documents and PDF/Word documents are required to be complete and returned to me personally, no later than 15 JAN 2016. It is very important for you to review these documents and ask questions prior to your departure on Christmas break since many are likely located at your parent’s home. Furthermore, you should review all of the documents with your Marine mentor prior to final submission to my office.
You will see two pre-commissioning meetings on the Master Calendar for 1/C Marine Selects. The first is on 04 DEC 2015 and the second is on 13 JAN 2016. I will send out details a few days prior to each meeting so that everyone has a reminder and the specifics. Expect 1250-1320 in Mitscher Auditorium for both meetings. Your commissioning packages are due to Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) on 1 Feb 2016. During these meetings I’ll answer questions and provide information to help you meet this timeline. A lot of personal data will need to be collected over Christmas break so pay very close attention to the requirements and ask questions if you have them.
-Specific instructions for completing the initial survey are below. Some information will be auto-populated and the survey MUST BE COMPLETED AND REVIEWED BY YOUR MARINE MENTOR NLT 04 DEC 2015:
-Confirm your full first name, last name and middle name.
- Provide any suffixes (i.e. Jr, Sr, I, III, IV etc…)
- Confirm your USNA Company.
- Confirm your full SSN.
- Confirm your date of birth.
- Confirm your gender.
- Confirm your component here (Ground, Pilot, or NFO).
- Confirm your ASTB score. If you do not have a passing score and are a Marine Ground option who wishes to pursue an aviation contract, continue to take the ASTB until you obtain a passing score. Notify your Marine mentor of your intentions. They will, in turn, make a comment in the comments block of your survey and email me with your desire to convert to Marine Pilot or NFO. Update me when you have a passing ASTB score. If you have not passed the ASTB by the third attempt, I am able to submit a waiver for you only if you are one point short in one category. For example, the Marine passing score is 4, 6, 6, if you get a 4, 5, 6 and have attempted the test three times, you may qualify for a waiver. Keep ALL three ASTB score sheets since they are required to be submitted with your waiver.
- Confirm your PFT run time, crunches, pull-up or FAH score.
- Confirm your total PFT score.
- Insert your ACT or SAT score. Official score sheets are required with your final package so confirm the USNA database number matches your official documentation. Directions on how to obtain your official scores are outlined below.
- An official copy of your most recent SAT or ACT score MUST be submitted. You can obtain copies of your SAT from “CollegeBoard.org” and copies of your ACT from the ACT student web services at “actstudent.org”.
- If you do not have a combined 1000 on the SAT or greater than a 22 on your ACT expect to require a waiver.
- When you print out your score sheet from the official site, ensure your full name is somewhere on the print out. These are submitted to HQMC so simply having your first name on the sheet will not suffice.
- Insert your personal phone number (e.g. the cell # you will have upon graduation so I can get in immediate contact with you).
- Insert your personal email (not your USNA email) that you will have upon graduation so I can pass information to you. Please know that your USNA email account will be terminated shortly after graduation so a private email address required.
- Your TBS Class request will be Delta, Echo or Fox. Those Marines applying for a Graduate Education program, list the TBS class you wish to attend should you be disapproved for the Graduate program. Those Marines planning to stay TAD after graduation pick Echo or Fox. If your TAD date is approved past Fox, your TBS date will be adjusted accordingly at a later date. Keep in mind a very small number of Marines will be authorized by the Senior Marine to remain TAD past Fox. Furthermore, the below number of USNA graduates have been assigned to each TBS class. It is important to understand that most Marine Selects will be attending Delta company.
- Delta (28 Jun 16) – 155 USNA Marines (107 Ground / 47 Pilot / 1 NFO)
- Echo (9 Aug 16) – 48 USNA Marines (16 Ground / 31 Pilot / 1 NFO)
- Fox (13 Sep 16) – 51 USNA Marines (42 Ground / 11 Pilot / 1 NFO)
- Delta company Marines will get graduation leave (free leave/non-chargeable) from 27 MAY 16 through 27 JUN 16. On 28 JUN 16, you will check directly into TBS and are not required to return to the USNA after graduation. The Delta company is scheduled to graduate on JAN 17.
- Echo company Marines will get graduation leave (free leave/non-chargeable) from 27 MAY 16 through 27 JUN 16. On 28 JUN 16, you will check directly into 8th & I and return to the USNA for your assigned TAD. On 9 AUG 16, you will physically check out of 8th and I and report directly to TBS for Echo company. The Echo company graduation is scheduled for MAR 17.
- Fox company Marines will get graduation leave (free leave/non-chargeable) from 27 MAY 16 through 27 JUN 16. On 28 JUN 16, you will check directly into 8th & I and return to USNA for your assigned TAD. On 13 SEP 16, you will physically check out of 8th and I and report to TBS for Fox company. The Fox company graduation is scheduled for MAR 17.
- Those Marines going to VGEP, your leave will go from 27 MAY 16 up until two days prior to when you are required to report to your university. An extra day is needed so that you have time to report into 8th& I after graduation leave for admin processing and then to your university (example: 27 MAY – 06 JUN = graduation leave; 07 JUN = check in to 8th & I; 08 JUN = report to university).
- Those Marines who plan on going through the IGEP or who will be TAD on the Yard are authorized to take 30 days of leave upon graduation; hence, your leave will go from 27 MAY 16 through 27 JUN 16. Your report date to 8th & I will be 27 JUN 16 followed by assignment to the Yard until TBS or you detach for the IGEP. Again, only a very small number of Marine selects will be authorized to TAD past Fox and no Marine select will be approved TAD past Fox until the TAD matrix is approved and disseminated in late February 16. For the purposes of this survey, all Marine selects should expect to attend Delta, Echo, or Fox.
*** TAD –in order to not be assigned Delta, Echo or Fox company and have an extended stay here post-graduation, you must get approval through the Department with which you want to work and gain final approval from the Navy TAD coordinator and Senior Marine Corps Representative. Extended TADs will be by exception and will be approved for extraordinary reasons only (e.g. medical issues, extreme personal circumstances, by-name request by a Department requiring support to operate, etc). The total number of authorized TAD positions past Foxcompany is 27 Marines, this includes all categories above and cannot be exceeded.
There are no graduation leave modifications authorized; therefore, those of you who will be doing competitions or who are asked by your TAD Department to check in from graduation leave early, know that you will forfeit any remaining graduation leave you do not use. The Marine Corps policy here differs from the Navy. You are required to check in to 8th and I 30 days after graduation; therefore, you have 30 days post-graduation to take leave, period. You also cannot check into 8th and I early, so if you decided to come back to the Yard to work early or to participate in an athletic event, you are doing so in a leave status. The bottom line is if you want to take the full 30 days of graduation leave, then you can and should. As always, you should let your TAD OIC know of your exact graduation leave dates and of the fact that the window is non-negotiable so that they can plan accordingly. If you get any push back or are promised graduation leave after you check in to 8th & I on 27 JUN 16, know now that this will not be authorized and is in direct violation of Marine Corps Order 1050.3J. Once you are checked in to 8th and I and start earning your full BAH entitlement you no longer rate free leave. I am the POC for any questions from your supervisors in this regard.
- Your complete leave address. This is the location you will be at during your graduation leave (if you will be at multiple locations while on leave, put the address where you will be the longest or put your home of record/parents address). When typing in the address on this form, list the full address in one line. For example: 123 FAKE STREET, ANNAPOLIS, MD, 21401.
- TAD location: For those of you requesting TAD upon graduation and those Marines applying for IGEP/VGEP, please put your preferred TAD location and end date of the TAD (e.g. PE Dept (Sprint Football) 07 SEP 2015). For the most part, your TAD will be somewhere here on the Yard. Keep in mind that Admissions and the PE Dept have the greatest need for assistance at the USNA, so the bulk of you will be working for them upon graduation. A by-name request to the Navy TAD coordinator is your best shot at receiving the TAD assignment you desire. Again, the TAD list will not be finalized until after Feb 15 so for the purposes of the survey simply put the location you desire now. Also, there are opportunities for a small number of you to work TAD off the Yard down in Quantico for example. These TAD positions involve HQMC (Marine Corps Recruiting Command or Marine Corps Information Operations Center). If you are interested in one of these two branches at HQMC then make note of that in this block. One caveat to any authorized TAD off the Yard is that you will rate transit BAH not full Annapolis BAH resulting in a loss of approximately $1,000 a month in your pay. BAH-T is what you will rate while you are on post-graduation leave ~650/mo. Once you check into 8th & I or TBS you will be given the local full BAH rate ~1650/mo for Annapolis. I will send all the pay and allowance information in a separate email as commissioning nears.
- Your emergency contact is the name of your Primary Next of Kin (NOK) and their relation to you (e.g. mom, dad, etc, NOT your boyfriend or girlfriend).
- For your emergency contact, I need their phone number should something happen to you.
- HOR: Stands for Home of Record, where you officially call home for tax purposes, voter registration etc. This has been an issue in the past with 2ndLts trying to change their HOR post-commissioning because they realize they could have used a state tax free state. You will not be able to change this once it is submitted to HQMC unless you provide substantial proof. If you have a justification for listing a tax free state, e.g. FL or TX then this is the time to do so. Do not ask me to adjust this after you are processed by HQMC unless you have tax documents, proof of residency or a voter registration card from the state you want to switch to. You should list the state that you call home or are registered to vote in here; that said there is no proof required for the initial HOR request only for changes after processing by HQMC. Address must be listed in one line of data. For example: 123 FAKE STREET, ANNAPOLIS, MD, 21401.
- HOR Country, State, City, County, and Zip.
- Country of Birth: Enter country of birth i.e. USA or MEXICO.
- Place of Birth. Provide city and state in the format: DALLAS, TX.
- Citizenship: Read the codes in the column to determine and select the appropriate option.
- Race and ethnicity: Refer to the Race category document and select the appropriate response. If none of the options match up with your race or you are a combination of different races, select the one that matches your race best or select ‘declined to respond’. Select whichever option you are most comfortable with as that is how you will be categorized in the future.